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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną.
Verb
*wurkijan[1]
- to work
- to make
Inflection
| Class 1 weak j-present
|
| Infinitive
|
*wurkijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*worhtā
|
| Infinitive
|
*wurkijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*wurkijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*wurkijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*wurkijannju
|
| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*wurkiju
|
*worhtā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*wurkisi
|
*worhtēs, *worhtōs
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| 3rd singular
|
*wurkiþi
|
*worhtē, *worhtā
|
| 1st plural
|
*wurkijum
|
*worhtum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*wurkiþ
|
*worhtud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*wurkijanþ
|
*worhtun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*wurkijē
|
*worhtī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*wurkijēs
|
*worhtī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*wurkijē
|
*worhtī
|
| 1st plural
|
*wurkijēm
|
*worhtīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*wurkijēþ
|
*worhtīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*wurkijēn
|
*worhtīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*wurki
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| Plural
|
*wurkiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*wurkijandī
|
*worht
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *wurkijan”
